Hi Yang, That's an interesting observation, I wasn't aware that cartoon dash and loop may be traced differently. Apparently the "cartoon_flat_sheets" setting only applies to dash, not loop. Turning it off will make them follow the same path:
set cartoon_flat_sheets, 0 Cheers, Thomas > On Apr 19, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Yang Su <s...@crystal.harvard.edu> wrote: > > Also, 'cartoon dash' and 'cartoon loop' render beta-strands differently, so I > can't combine the two and get a consistent look and feel. The use case is to > show regions of the structure as dashed line to indicate 'not covered in > study'. I can't use different colors for this purpose because color coding is > already used to represent other properties. > > Best, > Yang > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 3:56 PM, Yang Su <s...@crystal.harvard.edu> wrote: > Thanks for the tip, Thomas. 'cartoon dash' works with cartoon representation, > but doesn't seem to affect the ribbon representation. For some use cases I > like the 'cornered' ribbon representation better than the smooth cartoon > representation, but cartoon is still a good alternative if it is not possible > to show ribbon as dashed/dotted lines. > > Thanks, > Yang > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Thomas Holder > <thomas.hol...@schrodinger.com> wrote: > Hi Yang, > > Yes, since PyMOL 1.8.2 there is "cartoon dash". e.g.: > > fetch 1ubq, async=0 > as cartoon > cartoon dash > > See also: > https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Cartoon#USAGE > > Cheers, > Thomas > > > On Apr 19, 2018, at 12:54 PM, Yang Su <s...@crystal.harvard.edu> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there an option to show the ribbon as dashed or dotted lines in pymol? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Yang -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Principal Developer Schrödinger, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
